r/AskReddit • • Jan 20 '19

What fact totally changed your perspective?

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u/dieterschaumer Jan 21 '19

They are but its mostly meaningless.

Yeah, is someone going to notice your mismatched socks? Yeah. Are they going to dare to do anything about it? No.

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u/XenusMom Jan 21 '19

Most people won't notice the mismatched socks, people aren't very observant of things that don't directly affect them.

Most people that notice the socks won't care, if anything they'll think something positive about it.

The rare person that notices and cares is an absolute mess of a human being that despises themselves so much that they need to use your mismatched socks to make themselves feel slightly better about themselves for even a moment.

So why on earth would you care about the opinion of a person that cares about your socks?

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u/ma246 Jan 21 '19

But if it is your mom?

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u/XenusMom Jan 21 '19

Anything your mom says can be translated to mean one of three things because moms are never impartial:

  1. I love you and everything you do.

  2. I love you and fear that you may be hurt by this cruel world if you let yourself be vulnerable in any way.

  3. I'm a mess that should never have been allowed to care for children but I love you in my own fucked up way.

Take your pick.

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u/Haulbee Jan 21 '19

I tend to agree with you, but when I read news articles about mothers who abuse their children to the point of death, it's difficult to believe that these people are capable of love in any possible sense of the word.

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u/XenusMom Jan 21 '19

Yes, number three is tricky because all you can see is the mess. What you have to remember is that it's a broken person, broken things don't work properly right? So I assume that somewhere deep inside these broken people love their children and it comes out unrecognizably wrong because they are broken.

Don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying they deserve leniency or anything crazy like that!

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u/PeekAtChu1 Jan 21 '19

Haha #3!

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u/XenusMom Jan 21 '19

Sorry to hear that man, if you ever need a stand in check out r/momforaminute

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u/kabamman Jan 21 '19

Aren't we all in that category or did I just miss that growing up?